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Ekagra stage is also called Sampramata yoga in which the mind assumes the form of the object itself. Niruddha stage is known as Samprajnata yoga or Samadhi in which nothing is known or thought of by the mind. In the Yoga system Buddhi , Ahamkara and Indriyas are often called Citta.
Such equanimity is called Yoga" (2.48) "Yoga is skill in action" (2.50) "Know that which is called yoga to be separation from contact with suffering" (6.23) [41] Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: c. first centuries CE [14] [42] [e] 1.2. yogas chitta vritti nirodhah – "Yoga is the calming down the fluctuations/patterns of mind" 1.3.
Citta (Pali and Sanskrit: ššŗš¢šš¢, pronounced chitta) is one of three overlapping terms used in the Nikaya to refer to the mind, the others being manas and viññÄį¹a. Each is sometimes used in the generic and non-technical sense of "mind" in general, and the three are sometimes used in sequence to refer to one's mental processes ...
In the West, most physical yoga classes are a form of hatha yoga featuring a series of poses called asanas. Styles of hatha you might see include Ashtanga, vinyasa, Iyengar and power yoga.
Yoga Vasistha speaks about the bhutÄkÄsha – dealing with gross matter, chittÄkÄsha – dealing with mental concepts and chidÄkÄsha with the Ätman. These are spaces projected by the mind but all spaces are reduced to one, that is, to the ultimate space which is one’s own true self. [ 3 ]
Adi Shankara, in his commentary on Yoga Sutras, distinguishes Dhyana from Dharana, by explaining Dhyana as the yoga state when there is only the "stream of continuous thought about the object, uninterrupted by other thoughts of different kind for the same object"; Dharana, states Shankara, is focussed on one object, but aware of its many ...
It also refers to the four functions of the mind, namely the manas (the mind or lower mind), buddhi (the intellect or higher mind), chitta (memory, or, consciousness), and ahamkara (ego, or, I-maker). [1] Antaįø„karaį¹a has also been called the link between the middle and higher mind, the reincarnating part of the mind. [2]
DhÄraį¹Ä builds further upon this by refining it further to ekagrata or ekagra chitta, that is single-pointed concentration and focus, which is in this context cognate with Samatha. [4] Gregor Maehle (2006: p. 234) defines Dharana as: "The mind thinks about one object and avoids other thoughts; awareness of the object is still interrupted."